Short-term rentals in Ambleside
Ambleside is the 57th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 1,270 listings, split almost evenly between Booking.com (52%) and Airbnb (48%). 76% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (400 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 1,270
- Market rank
- #57 / 597
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 11
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Ambleside
In Ambleside, supply is split almost evenly: 661 listings on Booking.com (52%) and 609 on Airbnb (48%).
Where the listings are in Ambleside
The dots are a representative sample of tracked short-term rentals — Airbnb in red and Booking.com in blue. Zoom and pan to explore the market, or open the full report for filters, operator overlays, and the listing-level view.
Market structure in Ambleside
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 83% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 68% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 873 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 82% of that. The other 90 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 76%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 8%
Listings by operator portfolio size
Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.
Listings by property type
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 74% of Ambleside's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (14%).
Largest operators in Ambleside
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked United Kingdom listings. Together, the table and directory cover every professional operator we track in this market.
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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 400 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 206 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 110 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 4 | LetMe Stay | 51 | 4.84 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 4,894 |
| 5 | Wheelwrights Cottages Limited | 38 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 3,275 |
| 6 | Laik Ltd | 28 | 4.91 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 4,879 |
| 7 | Finest Retreats | 19 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 8 | HerdwickCottages.co.uk | 8 | 4.84 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 2,993 |
| 9 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays | 7 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 78,520 |
| 10 | Ridgestone Collection | 4 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 2,352 |
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Ambleside among their markets. See the full interactive Ambleside market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Ambleside compares
Ambleside ranks 57th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
- St. Andrews 1,311 listings
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Bowness-on-Windermere 1,306 listings
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Stoke on Trent 1,295 listings
- Canterbury 1,266 listings
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Matlock 1,259 listings
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Carlisle 1,257 listings
Photo credits
- Bowness-on-Windermere: Photo: Bowness on Windermere by Karl1587 · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Stoke on Trent: Photo: Stoke-on-Trent montage by nagualdesign · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Matlock: Photo: Bank Road, Matlock - geograph.org.uk - 937427 by David Rogers · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Carlisle: Photo: Carlisle Cathedral from the Air by Alex · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ambleside market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Ambleside?
Ambleside has 1,270 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 609 on Airbnb and 661 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Ambleside?
The largest professional operator in Ambleside is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 400 local listings.
How professionalised is the Ambleside short-term rental market?
76% of Ambleside's listings (963 of 1,270) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 83% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 68% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 873 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 82% of that. The other 90 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Ambleside?
In Ambleside, supply is split almost evenly: 661 listings on Booking.com (52%) and 609 on Airbnb (48%).
How many professional operators run listings in Ambleside?
11 named professional operators run listings in Ambleside. The full roster is listed on this page, and the interactive market report maps every listing.
About this data
Figures come from myDataValue's cross-platform market snapshot of 1,270 public short-term rental listings in Ambleside, matching Airbnb and Booking.com supply to the operators who run it. Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings on Airbnb or Booking.com across the United Kingdom. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .
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